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In reply to the discussion: Why is Dr. Dawkins and some others such controversial figures? [View all]edhopper
(33,576 posts)49. Poor phrasing on my part. Emphasis on put, as in - all things in motion MUST be put in motion.
Except God, which doesn't need to be put in motion.
Anyway, Dawkins wrote an all audience book on the way he sees the lack of evidence for any God. You accuse him of using, and I quote
"lies and ignorance" when in fact you just don't like the way he dismantled Aquinas' argument and didn't get into a more "inside" philosophy debate showcasing Kant.
Here he is actually addressing one of the main christian philosophers, not going after the loony, low hanging fundamentalist fruit he is often accused of.
So I really don't see the justification of the attacks on him, other than the target of his polemic.
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Why is Dr. Dawkins and some others such controversial figures? [View all]
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2011
OP
A fellow "Scientist" who believes in telepathy and generational memory...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2011
#9
Ancedotal evidence is useless without repeatability, do you understand...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2011
#42
Stop misrepresenting science. You can believe whatever the fuck you want...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2011
#28
Because he's critical of religion, and possibly also because he's pro-evolution
LeftishBrit
Dec 2011
#6
"...under direct attack by many people who use misinformation, lies, and ignorance as their weapons.
Jim__
Dec 2011
#10
You attack the whole Dawkins's God Delution based on a paragraph made to be a 'filler'?
Lost-in-FL
Dec 2011
#25
No. I'm merely pointing to one paragraph that demonstrates why his book was attacked.
Jim__
Dec 2011
#29
I prefer conversations that are useful and relevant to the discussion at hand...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2011
#41
Big Bang cosmology doesn't require either "metaphysical" presumption...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2011
#26
Poor phrasing on my part. Emphasis on put, as in - all things in motion MUST be put in motion.
edhopper
Dec 2011
#49